I had a brilliant – if extremely crotchety and outright mean – creative writing professor in college. Of all the things he taught me, by far the most valuable is this: “Event” does not equal “story.” Let …
Whenever we enter contests, we glaze right over those two little words: “previously unpublished.” We think, sure, we’ve posted this story/book on our blog or maybe Wattpad, but that’s not “published.” Published means a literary …
I think the title speaks for itself: success in publishing comes from talent, persistence, and luck. It’s important to note you can only control the first two of these things – but sometimes we get …
It’s official: I have launched my (very affordable) editing services! (Jeez… finally. This has only been in the works for months.) Please welcome Beta Frank Editing: where the feedback is blunt, and your writing gets better! Well, that’s …
